THE RIO RANCHO CHILD ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY A SIBLING ON THURSDAY IS ON THE MEND AT THE HOSPITAL. THE CHILD WAS SHOT AROUND 6:30 PM ON 21ST STREET NEAR GOLD COURSE AND HIGHWAY 528. THE GUN ACCIDENTALLY FIRED WHEN THE OLDER SIBLING WAS HANDLING IT.
POLICE HAD NOT PROVIDED THE IDENTITIES, AGES, OR GENDERS OF THE TWO BY FRIDAY MORNING, BUT A 13 YEAR OLD WITNESS SAY THE TWO ARE BROTHERS.
